Bottle shattering device



Sept. 24, A 5 JAMES 2,215,508

BOTTLE SHATTERING DEVICE Filed April 30, 1938 fiz/ue rz/ 1576/2166? L51 doc/r1 (.80.

. mar/' Patented Sept. 24, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a device for shattering bottles, particularly those from which the contents has been drained.

In certain localities laws are in force which 5 make it compulsory for restaurants, hotels, saloons and drinking establishments serving alcoholic beverages from bottles to destroy said bottles on the premises after the contents has been drained therefrom as a precaution against fur- 10 ther use. As the methods usually employed in destroying these bottles are crude and the hazards are numerous, injuries caused by flying fragments of glass are frequent.

The object of this invention is to provide a 5 simple, rugged, inexpensive device which may be detachably secured to a refuse container, and which upon being contacted by an empty bottle will eifectively shatter said bottle into numerous small fragments which will then drop directly 20 into said container and thereafter be confined therein in a compact mass until dumped.

The invention consists of a device for shattering empty bottles as set forth in the following specification and particularly as pointed out in 25 the claim.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a device for shattering bottles embodying my invention, said device being illustrated attached to the rim of a refuse container.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device upon the container.

Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the device clamped in position upon the container.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

In the drawing, 5 represents a portion of a cylindrical metal refuse container of well known type, and 6 is a body member of a bottle shatter- 40 ing device embodying this invention and positioned within the interior of said container and suspended from the rim portion thereof. The body member 6 is constructed of suitable hard material, preferably cast metal, and is approximately oval as viewed from the front or rear thereof, and a rearwardly projecting portion 1 is provided at the top thereof which terminates in a downwardly extending portion 8. The un- 50 der surface of the portion 1 is adapted to rest upon the top edge of the container 5, and the portion 8 provides a support for a clamping member 9 which is attached thereto by a pin in a manner to have a rotative movement there- 55 On- The clamping member 9 is provided with an arcuate cam shaped surface II and handle portion 12, said surface H being eccentric to the axis l0 and being arranged to contact with the outer surface of the container in a manner to firmly clamp the device thereto. Ribs l3 and I4 5 are provided at the rear of the body member 6 and contact with the inner surface of the container 5 when the device is clamped thereto.

A front or working face [5 of the body member 6 has a marginal flange l6 extending there- 10 around and projecting forwardly therefrom which is V shaped in cross-sectional contour. Other V shaped flanges I1 and I8 extend across the face of the body member 6 and intersect the marginal flange l6. Projecting outwardly from the face l5 are rows of conical projections l9 and 20, the projections being slightly longer than the projections H3. The flanges l6, l1 and I8, and projections I9 and 20 are provided for the purpose of being contacted by an empty bottle when it is desired to destroy the latter, and said flanges and projections all co-operate to provide an effective means for shattering the bottle into numerous small fragments when said bottle is impelled thereagainst, said fragments dropping downwardly in the container to be retained therein until dumped. By providing a structure having numerous projecting surfaces, a single blow of a bottle thereagainst will cause the bottle to be shattered into a multiplicity of small fragments, and the number of containers required to hold a large number of bottles is greatly reduced. The device is easily and quickly attached to and detached from the containers by manipulating the clamping member 9 as required, and said clamping member constitutes an effective means for securing the device to containers of different types and constructed of materials of different thicknesses.

I claim:

A device for shattering bottles and the like comprising a body member constructed of cast metal and having a working face embodied therein provided with a marginal flange extending therearound and other flanges extending thereacross, and a plurality of projections of different heights projecting from said face and positioned between said flanges and against which a bottle may be impelled, means to suspend said body member from the rim of a container, and means toclamp the body member against a surface of said container.

ARTHUR E. JAMES. M 

